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spike. Ill more luxuriant specimens, it is probable there 

 occur the three spikes which characterize this species. 

 (Flowers not seen.) It appears to be very nearlj allied to 

 T. canescens. 



T. recurvata, Flor. Peruv. t. 271. Lin. Persoon. 1. 

 p. 346. 



Prinos coriaceus ? Pursh. Flor. 1. p. 221. 



Observations. — Leaves sempervirent, oval, or cuneate- 

 oval, subserrate towards the apex, pedicels many-flowered, 

 short, and corymbose. 



Crinum Americanum. j^it. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 413. 



Sabal Adansoni, Persoon. 1. p. 399- 



S. Histrix. Pursh. caudice repente, frondibus palmatis 

 plicatis, axillis spiuosis, spadicibus brevissimis, drupis ovoi- 

 deis,majusculis hirsutis. 



Observations. — In this species, whose fronds resemble 

 the preceding, the stipe is naked and triangular, not simply 

 convex beneath; in the basilar axils of which originates a 

 matted tomentose substance, almost similar to coarse brown 

 wool, and intermixed with spines half a foot long, and 

 rigid as needles, within these radical sheathes is inclosed 

 the clandestine spadix loaded with hirsute brownish drupes 

 the size of coffee berries, and when recent possessing an 

 eatable sweetish pulp, with which the aborigines are ac- 

 quainted. 



S. * minima, caudice repente, stlpitibus subaculeolatis 

 asperis, frondibus palmatis plicatis, subseptemfiidis? 



Observations. — The frond scarcely exceeds a span in 

 height, and is not a variety of S. serrulata, as Mr. Ware 

 observed it to form almost exclusive fields of an uniform 

 appearance. 



OCTANDRIA. 



Rhexia angustifolia, NuttalPs Gen. 1. p. 244. 

 CEnothera humifusa, JVuttalPs Gen. 1. p. ^45. 

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